The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-19
HOME RULE INEVITABLE.
UNITED IRELAND URGES LAND
LORDS TO CONFESS IT.

DUBLIN, Aug. 1S.-United Ireland urges
the landlords to embrace their last chance,
and confess that home rule is inevitable. 1t
advises them to appoint committee to
meet Messrs. Gladstone. Parnell and Lord
Salisbury in a round table conference, and
submit to them suggestions re-
garding their wishes and to
make the best of the situation.
The result will be, it says, the election, in a
few weeks, of Home Rule House of Com
mons and the opening of an Irish Paria-
ment in 1888. If the landlords fraternized
with the National League, instead of scream
ing suppress it," they might still influence
the structure of the Home Rule party Par
lament which would follow
THE GOVERNMENT GLUM.
LONDON, Aug. 1S.-William Henry Smith,
the government leader, did not refer to an
autumn session in the House of Commons
this afternoon, presumably because he was
unwilling to show his hand at present
The fact that the Cabinet has
decided to hold such session, how
ever, is undeniable Mr. Smith announced
that the government would abandon the
1.-THE rent charge bill, the technical educa-
ton bill, the Irish constabulary bill and
other measures. He indicated the measures
that the government intended to proceed
with, which included the land allotment
bill
Sir William Vernon Harcourt expressed
himself satisfied with the list Of bills re-
tanned by the government He noticed that
it did not mention coercion bill No. 3 and
he hoped that it had been dropped. [Cheers
from the Irish members.
TOWN PARKS.
On the report of the land bill, Mr.. Bal
four, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said that
the government accepted the House of
Lords amendment relating to town parks.
1t was the governments duty to see that
justice was done to all classes. The House
of Lords considered many of their amend
ments important. 1t was time the principle
of compromise was adopted
Sir William Vernon Harcourt twitted
Mr.. Balfour with ignorance of the subject,
saying that there was no tenant right in
town lands. He read letters in the Irish
Guardian showing the tenant-right side of
the question, and said it was high time the
Irish demanded home rule when they found
among their present rulers such ignorance
of the elementary principles upon which
they held land.
Timothy Healy ridiculed the amendment.
He said that Irish towns We're decreasing so
rapidly that it was mocl1ery to call them
towns A number of persons equal to the
population of Birmingham emigrated from
Ireland every year.
CHAMBERLAIN RLAMES THE GOVERNMENT.
Mr.. Chamberlain blamed the government
for changing front at the instigation of the
House of Lords. 1t was the House of Com
mons, he said, not the House of Lords, that
had to attend to the interests of the commu-
nifty. Those interests would best be served
by the retention of the clause as it left the
House OF Commons
II IL
Of Lords amendment was carried by vote
of 206 to 164.
Mr. Eealy moved an amendment
tc empower the court to fix
fair rents on town park
holdings, subject to the right of re-entry by
landlords for the purpose of building upon,
or otherwise improving such holdings He
somewhat in FIX" they either objected
or unobjected to the fixing of fair rents for
these holders.
BALFOUR OPPOSES IT.
Mr.. Balfour opposed Mr.. Healy's amend
ment on the ground that under the guise of
revision it would. by the application of
clause OF the land act, as suggested, give
practical perpetllity of tenure to those not
necessarily inhabitants of an adjacent town,
thus inluriuG the towns inhabitants.
Sir William Vernon Harcort said that
the government was evidently being driven
from pillar to post. They had abandoned
one argument after another. The last
argument was the weakest of ell.
Mr.. Smith said that the amendment was
mere revival in another form of the ques-
ton just settled. He thereupon moved
cloture under which motion the amendment
negatived by a vote of 2l2 to 1876.
On motion of Mr. Balfour three of the
House of Lords amendments We're rejected.
Mr.. Gibson, Attorney General for Ireland,
moved that the House confirm Earl Cado-
gan's amendment, which provides that re-
vision OF rents be based upon the difference
III prices IN 1887 as compared with prices
from 1881 to 1850
PARNELL DECLARES IT TOO LATE.
Mr.. Parnel said it was obviously too late
10 discuss so important question The
amendment would deprive the bill of more
than half its value Rather than accept
such an illusory concession to tenants he
would prefer that the bill be dropped alto
gether. [Parnellite cheers1 The govern
inent could not justify themselves for flying
III the face OF their own declarations and
the report of the Ccwper Commission. The
TACT was that the government were moved
10 adopt the proposal in the House of Lords
10y the fact that certain UnionistS had left
o"n, giving them free band IN
the Honse of Commons Such conduct was
contemptibe. They might withdraw the
"4pit blil IL tnSy lKetl, anu lt'iNe Lile OtJl-
ants TO fight the matter themselves. The
tenants would not get the worst of it, be
cause they were certain to get better bill
Within yoar. He warned the government
that their bill would break down.
The tenants were disappointed in
Parliament, and would look to other
methods of redress outait,y the law and
Constitution, which were, in the long run,
tne only arguments Parliament ever recog-
hlled. Loud opposition cheeIs.l The gov
ernment had proved this repeatedly. He
hoped this would be the last occasion they
would ever have power to afford such proof.
lCheers.1
BALToUR REBUKES PARNELL.
Mr.. Balfour characterized Mr.. Parnelrs
reflections upon the Governments motives
as unworthy of tho leader of any party. lie
sald that the bill bad got into such posi-
uon that they must either drop 1t entirely
or agree to the Cadogan amendment In
addition TO other benefits, even Mr.. Par
nell admitted that the amendment would
afford some reduction, yet processing to
speak in the tenants interests be pretended
that he would look with equanimity upon
the withdrawal of the BILL thus laying him
sell open TO the darkest suspicious. His
language would afford those anxious TO pro-
mote disorder in Ireland the strongest justi-
hcatton for their action. conservative
Cheers